Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in Clinical Practice

• Main Authors: Wood, Paul R. (Author), Mahoney, Peter F. (Author), Cooper, Julian P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Surgery.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Traumatic Surgery.

Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in Clinical Practice provides a practical working guide to the most important peri-operative issues and medical problems found in day-to-day ward management. Designed especially for those who are ‘on-the-move’, this book provides information through use of key points, t...

Table of Contents:

• The Orthopedic Ward, Orthopedic Patients, and Procedures
• Patients and Procedures
• The Ward Team
• The Ward Round
• Patient Management
• Preparing Patients for Operation
• Intravenous Fluids and Electrolytes
• Analgesia
• Dressings, Drains, Plasters, and Tubes
• Special Patient Groups
• The Patient With a Fractured Neck of Femur
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Hemophilia
• Problems and Complications: The Patient
• Infection and Immunocompromise
• Compartment Syndrome
• Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
• Fat Embolism
• The Confused Patient
• The Ill Patient and Medical Emergencies
• Problems With Blood Transfusion
• Problems and Complications: The Doctor
• Medical Errors
• When Treatment Stops
• Do Not Resuscitate Orders, Death Certification, and the Coroner.